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What is Artificial Intelligence?

Video MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO AI – DEMYSTIFYING THE BUZZ

Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the field of computer science focused on creating machines and software that can perform tasks that normally require human intelligence.

In plain terms: AI is about teaching computers how to think, learn, and make decisions, or at least act like they do.

What can AI do?

AI systems can be designed to:
- Learn from data (recognize patterns and improve over time)
- Understand language (speech recognition, translation, chatbots)
- See and hear (image recognition, facial recognition)
- Reason and decide (recommendations, planning, game-playing)
- Create (write text, generate images, compose music)

Common types of AI

Narrow AI (Weak AI):- Built for a specific task. This is the AI we use today.
Examples: voice assistants, recommendation systems, spam filters.
General AI (Strong AI):- A theoretical form of AI that can understand and learn any intellectual task a human can.
👉 This does not exist yet.

How does AI work?

Most modern AI relies on:
- Data (lots of it)
- Algorithms (rules and math)
- Machine learning (systems that learn from examples instead of being explicitly programmed)
- Neural networks (models inspired by the human brain)